Blue Blooded Pulse

Following right on from Kevin’s Pulse collection, is my pride of place model, currently gracing the man cave. Slightly larger than a standard toy, this is his interpretation of a real world version. Finished in beautiful Kingfisher Blue, like Zero X and so many other fabulous Anderson models, it’s much more aesthetically satisfying than that awful yellow-orange!

Here it is before leaving the Spacex shipyards with its sister ship finished in standard yellow.

From the moment I saw the toy on the card back, I was besotted. The box artwork promised so much too, but I was so disappointed when the real thing arrived at Xmas 1969, to find a wholly different looking toy.

So, some decades later, when my original toy had been battered and worn, I decided to repaint it blue!

Here it is in the Penney catalogue as part of the Golden Astronaut range, but as can be seen on this shot and on the Triangle card, it’s another prototype version.

 Finally, a recent modification I made to Kevin’s custom model. Whilst Kev had originally used a micro machines jet in the dorsal bay, I wanted something which was more akin to the original chrome spaceplane. The Matchbox Battlekings Hover Raider provided the perfect substitute, with one of the two side mounted cruise missiles!